“And each of those graphic representations is a letter of the alphabet,” Sofaer said.

Those letters would spell out someone’s name — but whose?

“Members of the public will be invited to nominate someone that they care for, or someone that they respect, someone that they love, it could be their mom, brother or sister, or friend,” Sofaer said. “I hope that they’ll be attracted by the idea that these public spaces are named after ordinary people just like them.”